Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to thank all of you for having travelled here to make your presentation before the Official Languages Committee.
I will get straight to the point. I listened to what each of you said. You spoke of different things: literacy, youth, court challenges, volunteerism, organizations and municipalities. All of these factors affect some of you, whereas for others, they are somewhat more important.
The goal is for the Action Plan for Official Languages to deliver the goods and also ensure that you can be recognized as organizations. We also want to acknowledge the people on behalf of whom you work. We have heard that the government wants to cut the fat, that illiterate adults are a lost cause, that francophone minorities are looking to the past. In speaking of these subjects and the cuts that have been made, I would like to know whether you believe that the current federal government has understood your needs. Do you feel it has understood your needs as official language minority communities, and the needs of the various organizations you represent?